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1 " Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they can flourish and grow. Between the ocean and the mountains is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home. "
― Maia Kobabe , Gender Queer
2 " Sometimes I feel like my brain is a machine built by someone who lost the instruction manual. "
3 " If I could just spend all my time drawing made up medieval buildings that would be great. "
― Maia Kobabe
4 " Between the ocean and the mountains is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home. "
5 " I invented and named a lost male twin who had always felt like he should be a girl. If I could just find him we would finally both feel like whole complete people. "
6 " The clearest metaphor I had for my own gender identity in college was the image of a scale. A huge weight had been placed on one side, without my permission. I was constantly trying to weigh down the other side. But the end goal wasn't masculinity - the goal was b a l a n c e. "
7 " [Why don't you identify as a trans man instead of nonbinary?] Because really, I want people to be confused about my gender at all times. I don't want a beard, and I don't want my voice to change. I don't want MORE gendered traits, I want LESS. "
8 " Everyone around me - but especially girls - seemed to have access to information I lacked. "
9 " I remember when I first realized I never had to have children. It was like walking out of a narrow alley into a wide open field. I never have to get married. I never have to date anyone. I don’t even have to care about sex. These realizations were like gifts that I gave myself. "
